Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Lib Dem puts on blindfold, sticks pin in calendar

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6292863.stm

As soon as I saw the headline 'Quit Iraq by October - Lib Dems', I knew what I wanted to find out from the story. Why October? Why not September? Or November? Within a few seconds, my expectations began to sink... as the paragraphs went by, there seemed to be no discussion of this point. Could it be that thats the beginning of the school year, so the squaddies would be back in time to see their kids off to school? Maybe because the days start to get shorter, and there's less fighting time? Perhaps October is just a very auspicious time of year for Lib Dems.

We'll never know, because Ming 'the fragile' Campbell didn't bother to say. This reinforces in a way that is completely unnecessary the completely light-weight, jury-rigged, thoughtless nature of Lib Dem policies. Do this! Don't do that! the Lib Dems intone in their completely arbitrary way. But then a thought occured to me- maybe what the Lib Dems were suggesting was that THEY are going to quit Iraq by October; all the massed squadrons of Lib Dem personnel will be out. Thats fine! They can return to Somerset and Scotland and all the other hives of Lib Dem activity and resume their intense discussions of Street Light placement and meals-on-wheels for the under14's. As long as they butt out of the discussion of the new Iraqi settlement, the rest of us will be happy.

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